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People brave strong winds and rain on a street as a typhoon hit South China's Hainan province. The powerful typhoon slammed into southern China after skirting Hong Kong and bringing death and widespread flooding to the Philippines earlier this week.

Filipino children play in floodwaters. Rescuers rushed relief goods and medicines to wide areas in the northern Philippines still flooded in the aftermath of a powerful typhoon that killed 41 people. Thousands remained stranded across the northern Philippines by floods and landslides that cut roads.

Aerial view from a Philippine coast guard chopper over a flooded rice field. The weather bureau said it was closely monitoring another tropical storm which could begin affecting the northern provinces.

A child cries amid debris from a community on Manila Bay, in an area that was destroyed by storm surges unleashed by Typhoon Nesat. Slum dwellers in the Philippine capital rummaged through their flattened homes as villagers on remote farms battled floods.

Residents salvage housing materials from a Manila Bay community. With some areas on the outskirts of Manila enduring floods up to 5 feet deep, authorities sent out boats to rescue people stranded on rooftops.

Debris litters the scenic Roxas Boulevard near a seawall in Manila after Typhoon Nesat battered the capital and other parts of northeastern Philippines. Residents waded through waist-deep floodwaters, dodging branches and flying debris as Nesat sent waves crashing over seawalls and submerging entire neighborhoods.

Typhoon Nesat bears down on China

[UPDATE] Typhoon Nesat hit the South China coast Thursday after it swept past Hong Kong, closing financial markets, schools and businesses in one of Asia’s biggest financial centers. No deaths were reported in Hong Kong and damage was minimal.

Typhoon Nesat, packing winds of up to 100 mph, made landfall before dawn Tuesday in northeastern Luzon, the Philippines’ largest island, leaving a trail of flooding and devastation in its wake. The violent storm later lost strength and moved out to sea, heading toward southern China.

Framework presents images of destruction and despair with Times staff writer Alexandra Zavis documenting the devastation on our new international blog covering Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe and the Middle East, World Now.